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TITLE 22.  CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
SUBTITLE I.  CRIMINAL OFFENSES
CHAPTER 32.  THEFT; FRAUD; STOLEN PROPERTY; FORGERY; AND EXTORTION
SUBCHAPTER III-B.  TELEPHONE FRAUD
D.C. Code§ 22-3226.08
§ 22-3226.08. Abusive telemarketing acts or practices

It is an abusive telemarketing act or practice and violation of this subchapter for a seller or telephone solicitor to engage in the following conduct:

(1) Cause a telephone to ring more than 15 times in an intended telephone solicitation call;

(2) Initiate a telephone solicitation call to a consumer after the same consumer has expressly stated that he or she does not wish to receive solicitation calls from that seller; or

(3) Engage in telephone solicitation to a consumer's residence at any time before 8:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m., local time at the place of the consumer called.

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